barge

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barge1 /bɑːdʒ $ bɑːrdʒ/ noun

1.[countableC]TTW a large low boat with a flat bottom, used for carrying goods on a canal or river 驳船，平底载货船

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barge• It was even better than going by barge.• A network of subsidized cargo barges and water taxis would be introduced on the city's canals to compensate.• Each barge weighs about 850 tons and carries about eleven hundred tons of steel.• The Columbia River was a traffic jam of barges carrying bauxite to the smelters in Longview, Washington.• There must be lots of barge owners wanting similar gang-planks.• No one had seen them lift themselves from the barges or soar upward.• It seemed that he was not, after all, a true barge dweller.

barge2 verb [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, transitiveT]

1 PUSHto move somewhere in a rough careless way, often hitting against things 笨拙地走动；乱碰乱撞 SYN push

She ran outside, barging past bushes and shrubs.

她跑了出去，磕磕绊绊经过一些灌木丛。

barge your way through/to etc something

She barged her way through the shopping crowds.

她横冲直撞地挤过购物的人群。

2 barge in (also barge into something) phrasal verbphr v ENTERto enter somewhere rudely, or to rudely interrupt someone 闯入；打扰

George barged into my office without knocking.

乔治门也不敲就冲进了我的办公室。

‘Sorry to barge in on your evening, ’ James said.

“不好意思，晚上还来打扰你们。”詹姆斯说道。

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barge in• I was studying when Ben suddenly barged in.• Some of the strikers came barging into the meeting and demanded to speak with the directors.• It's impossible to concentrate when people keep barging in on you.

barge on• What am I, crazy, barging in on strangers trying to have a peaceful meal?

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barge• The others are always barging about the kitchen and the living-room.• He took a glass of water till the Home Guard barged in and waved a muckle pistol in his face.• He was lonely and broke and had already barged in for the loan of a cupful of Quaker oats.• What am I, crazy, barging in on strangers trying to have a peaceful meal?• She just barged into me, without even apologizing.• Made his name barging into their clubs and smashing up their meeting halls.• A woman carrying a large basket barged past me to the front of the line.• A couple of kids barged past the guards at the door.• They were wild like animals, free-falling 15 feet or barging through the monuments.

Origin barge1

(1200-1300) Old French Late Latin barca; → BARQUE

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